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North Bay Courts & Air Quality

Ex-San Quentin Worker From Vallejo Gets 37 Months for Smuggling

Former San Quentin Rehabilitation Center janitor Keith Randle, a 36-year-old Vallejo resident, was sentenced in Oakland federal court to 37 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release after admitting he accepted over $100,000 in bribes and hid 301 grams of methamphetamine inside a peanut butter jar, while the Bay Area Air Quality Management District prepared for a November 4 vote on 2028 zero-NOx water heater rules.

3 min read

North Bay History & Archives

Vallejo’s Louise Lawrence Archive Preserves 100 Years of History

Nestled in a Vallejo neighborhood, the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive—founded by Ms. Bob Davis in 2017 and opened in 2018 after she rebuilt a detached garage to house 35 banker boxes of literature and photographs dating back 100 years—has welcomed scholars from 3 continents and more than 12 major universities.

2 min read

Global Cyber Operations & Cold Chain

Hackers Hit Freezers at 115 European Stores; Apple Warns 99 Nations

Cyberextortionists remotely set commercial refrigeration controllers to +50°C (122°F) or defrost mode across more than 115 supermarkets in 6 European countries—3 weeks after a similar wave hit 700 French stores—while Apple dispatched mercenary spyware Threat Notifications to targeted iPhone users across 99 countries and rival hacking groups compromised mobile emergency alert systems in Ukraine and Russia.

3 min read

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